Comments - really nice to find an original list like this, not wishing to be a patronising sod, but well done. Some areas of review:
- You launch into the rival idea of charts before stating what this article is really about. It may end up being chronologically inverted, but start with what we're about to read.
- How is this? Rambo's Revenge (talk) 18:32, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- You abbreviated BRMB but never use the abbreviation. Removed
- "rival chart,NME, was" spaces? Spaced
- " a phone poll." I think, being an encyclopedia, we should stick with "telephone" Done
- "the he increased cost" huh? Fixed
- "On 24 March 1962 the paper stopped" even for just pure aesthetics, comma after 1962. Done
- "NME 's chart.[6][4]" numerical order please? Check the others.
- Done, for the tables some are intentionally not in numerical order because they are in chronological order. This was once explicitlly mentioned in the MoS or something. I can't find a link at the moment, but one the other hand cannot find anything that would not permit it. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 21:23, 20 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Always been a moan of mine, I've never seen an academic text with references out of numerical order, no matter what, but I'm sure there's no MOS order mandate either. I'd prefer numerical order, just because, if anything else, it looks better... The Rambling Man (talk) 21:41, 20 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I have changed the way the whole table is reference, per your point below. This has also sorted this problem. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 18:32, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- "as the best selling single of 1958" hyphenate best-selling. Done
- "and spening 9 weeks" spending nine weeks. Fixed
- Not sure why the tables are split per year.
- Maybe you can help with this. Ideally I want to keep the headings for each year, create an year anchor system (a la Premier League Manager of the Month) and allow the table to sort through the repeated headings. I thought this was possible and that I had seen an FL/FLC with this capability (I think it may have been sport related). Do you recall such a thing, or has Wikipedia entered my unconscious!?! Rambo's Revenge (talk) 21:23, 20 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Can't recall right now. With a list this size, I don't see a convincing reason for it to not be a single table... The Rambling Man (talk) 21:41, 20 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Okay I did some messing about with syntax and got what I had planned to work. This method isn't currently documented at Help:Sorting and may be helpful there. More importantly, what do you think if this layout? Rambo's Revenge (talk) 22:09, 20 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I think it's okay, but now you have the problem that when resorting the table, the references for each of the subheadings don't go with the sorting, so they don't necessarily reflect the right source... The Rambling Man (talk) 06:50, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Okay so shall I take all the sources out and put them as general references? Only I thought people had begun to prefer references on column headers and inline as opposed to the general references where direct facts are more difficult to verify as one is unsure if it is covered generally or not. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 15:12, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Right I've put something in place that hopefully covers all bases. Let me know what you think. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 18:32, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Artist should sort by surname.
- References need spaced en-dashes, not spaced hyphens or =. Done
The Rambling Man (talk) 20:06, 20 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks for your comments. I've one question about the years and I will get round to the surname sorting when I have some more time. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 21:23, 20 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I guess just one more thing, the "Dave McAleer" reference, firstly what makes it reliable, secondly, did he really spell it "diferent"? The Rambling Man (talk) 18:33, 22 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- His notability in the chart music field is such that he even has an article, Dave McAleer. He's the main Guinness' Hit Singles guy among other publications he's involved with. Whilst I believe he is one of the best authorities on the subject it does appear that his reputation doesn't extend to quality of spelling! Rambo's Revenge (talk) 20:45, 22 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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